Associations to the word «Impetus»

Wiktionary

IMPETUS, noun. Something that impels, a stimulating factor.
IMPETUS, noun. A force, either internal or external, that impels; an impulse.
IMPETUS, noun. The force or energy associated with a moving body; a stimulus.
IMPETUS, noun. An activity in response to a stimulus.

Dictionary definition

IMPETUS, noun. A force that moves something along.
IMPETUS, noun. The act of applying force suddenly; "the impulse knocked him over".

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne